Georgia vs. Yale

Georgia and Yale have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1923; Georgia leads the series 6–⁠5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia 6–⁠4, and Georgia has won the last 5.

Georgia wins
6
Yale wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1923
Longest streak
5 Georgia
Current streak
5 Georgia
Last 10 meetings
Georgia 6–⁠4
Most recent
1934

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠5
1930s4–⁠0
Average margin
14.5 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgia
1–⁠0 Georgia’s record at home
At Yale
5–⁠5 Yale’s record at home
Shutouts
4

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgia’s biggest win1931: Georgia 26, Yale 7by 19 points
  2. Yale’s biggest win1923: Yale 40, Georgia 0by 40 points

Coach against coach

YearsGeorgiaSeriesYale
1923–⁠1927George Woodruff1–⁠4Tad Jones
1928–⁠1931Harry Mehre3–⁠1Mal Stevens

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia’s side (Woodruff 1–⁠4 against Jones). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgia and Yale, 1923 on130015001700190019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1923 game: YALE BEATS TEAM FROM GEORGIA BY SCORE OF 40 TO O Captain Bennett Is Star Of The Game For Georgia Bulldogs

    1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 14, 1923

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1924 game: GEORGIA GIVES ELI HARD FIGHT Yale. Beats Bulldogs By Margin Of One

    1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 12, 1924

  • The Evening star's story of the 1925 game: YAlE'S EARLY RUSH BEATS GEORGIA, 35-7

    1925 · Evening star, Oct 11, 1925

  • The Evening star's story of the 1927 game: Georgia Beats Yale by l4-l0; Harvard Bows, 1910, TO Purdue By the Associated Press

    1927 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 9, 1927

  • The New Britain herald's story of the 1929 game: FORDHAM HAILED AS LEADING TEAM Victory Over New York U. Eleven Outstanding in East

    1929 · New Britain herald, Connecticut, Oct 14, 1929

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Nov 10, 1934Georgia 14, Yale 7at Yale
Nov 11, 1933Georgia 7, Yale 0at Yale
Oct 10, 1931Georgia 26, Yale 7at Yale
Oct 11, 1930Georgia 18, Yale 14at Yale
Oct 12, 1929Georgia 15, Yale 0at Georgia
Oct 13, 1928Yale 21, Georgia 6at Yale
Oct 8, 1927Georgia 14, Yale 10at Yale
Oct 9, 1926Yale 19, Georgia 0at Yale
Oct 10, 1925Yale 35, Georgia 7at Yale
Oct 11, 1924Yale 7, Georgia 6at Yale
Oct 13, 1923Yale 40, Georgia 0at Yale

Every game is listed as played on the field.